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As a Study Program (Prodi) which has a vision of becoming a midwifery educational institution with an international reputation, producing graduate graduates and professional midwives who are competent, superior in the use of technology in the scope of community-based maternal and child health. The Midwifery Undergraduate Study Program and Midwife Professional Education, Faculty of Medicine (FK) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) must undergo an accreditation process from the Independent Accreditation Institute for Health Universities (LAM-PTKes) as a form of external quality assurance for a study program in carrying out the educational process.

Yetty Leony Irawan, M.Sc, Willhelmina Wahara, M.Keb and Ulfah Farrah Lisa, S.ST., M.Keb were assigned by LAM-PTKes to conduct a field assessment at the Undergraduate Midwifery and Midwifery Professional Education Study Program FK UNS on 25- March 28, 2024.

The three assessors were received by UNS Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ahmad Yunus, M.S; Dean of FK UNS, Prof. Dr. Reviono, dr., Sp.P(K); deputy deans at FK UNS; and Head of the Undergraduate Midwifery and Midwife Professional Education Study Program, Dr. Ika Sumiyarsi Sukamto, S.ST., M.Kes in the Chancellor's Meeting Room, UNS Prakosa Building.

Prof. Ahmad Yunus in his speech said that UNS continues to be committed to improving the quality of education provided.

"I need to say that after UNS changed to PTNBH in 2020 or around 4 years ago, we continued to try to advance and improve the quality of education at UNS. "We have also prepared ourselves seriously and as best as possible in facing this assessment process as our commitment to advancing the quality of study programs at UNS," Prof. Yunus said.

After being received by the university leadership, the three assessors along with the faculty and study program leaders headed to the hall of the Soetjipto FK UNS building to undergo the field assessment process.

Dean of the UNS Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Dr. Reviono, dr., Sp.P(K) hopes that this activity can run smoothly and can get results that will benefit everyone.

"We at FK UNS routinely undergo field assessments, this time carried out by external parties as a form of quality assurance for our study program and now it is time for us to get an audit from LAM-PTKes," Prof Reviono said.

He hopes that what has been reported in the adequacy form matches the reality on the ground.

"This accreditation is a tool for assessing, a reflection of what we have done so far and of course the adequacy form that we have uploaded has been studied by the assessors. "Hopefully what the assessors see here is actually better than what we have uploaded previously," Prof. Reviono mentioned.

Yetty Leony Irawan, M.Sc in his speech hoped that all documents and field assessment results would be in accordance with what had been previously reported.

"This accreditation is not to find faults in a study program but to examine the actual situation of the study program," she said.

It was further stated that the assessor's presence was to see directly the conditions in the field in the hope that all programs would be implemented well.

"Accreditation is a normal thing in an effort to maintain the quality of education because with accreditation it will be seen which parts need to be repaired or improved and we are sure that the implementation has been carried out, hopefully the 4-day assessment can run smoothly," she concluded.

After listening to the presentation from the Dean of FK UNS and the Head of the Study Program and conducting questions and answers, the three assessors conducted interviews with lecturers regarding lecturer adequacy figures and the learning curriculum provided to students, apart from that, interviews were also conducted with student representatives regarding academic and non-academic services.

This field assessment activity consisted of document tracing on 9 criteria followed by a direct review of the existing infrastructure at the UNS Hospital, Jenawi Karanganyar Community Health Center and the Independent Practice of Midwife Wulan Mardikanintyas in Kartasura. The three assessors were satisfied with the completeness of the facilities in the three places.

The closing of this field assessment activity was carried out on the fourth day marked by the signing and submission of the event report file from the assessors to the Head of the Undergraduate Midwifery and Midwifery Professional Education Study Program FK UNS followed by a group photo.

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